Emily Lannuzel
Creature Feature: Pacific Sand Lance
Pacific Sand Lance (Ammodytes hexapterus)
Phylum: Chrodata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Ammodytidae
What Do Pacific Sand Lance Look Like?
Sometimes called “sand eels,” they have pointed snouts...
Creature Feature: Yelloweye Rockfish
Yelloweye Rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus)
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Sebastidae/Scorpaenidae
What Do Yelloweye Look Like?
Bet you can’t guess what colour their eyes are! Hint: They...
Creature Feature: Pacific Halibut
Pacific Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Telostei
Family: Pleuronectidae
What do they look like?
Related to flounders and dabs, halibut are the largest members of...
Creature Feature: Giant Pacific Octopus
The Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus Dofleini)
Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda
Family: Octopodidae
There are approx. 300 recognized species of octopus worldwide, and nine have been...
